the president answered a question on the controversy during his news conference in malaysia over the weekend. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance commie don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk and that's what happened here. the united states continues to wrestle with a legacy of race and slavery and segregation. that's still there. the discrimination. we've made enormous strides, but you're going to continue to see this percolate up every so often. martha: with townhall.com, fox news contributor. richard fowler is a fox talkshow host of his show as well. good to have you here. let me start with you, what did you make of the comments and of the president's reaction? >> i think the president's reaction was right on message, martha. you can ask the question, doesn't surprise me. every but he will look at the president to speak for the african-american community. i think he answered just right. we've overcome a lot, turned the corner on racial relations. effort prominent figure like this to make a statement like that is very disparaging, downright sa